Category: HEALTH

HALDWANI ONLINE 2011…MISSION BLOODLINE !!

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By: Amit Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN HALDWANI: The only private blood bank at Haldwani, Uttarakhand went dry on the 22nd of November, 2018 and the demand for the most common blood group B+ was 5 units needed for different patients in a super urgency.As the message reached, it helped in establishing the largest Facebook group of Uttarakhand namely, HALDWANI ONLINE 2011.The founder, Amit Kholia, who is also the ICN Editor, Uttarakhand rushed to the blood bank and took control of the whole situation by calling his friends and acquaintances and inspired…

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Potassium Series: Part 3

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By: Dr. Ameya Tripathi, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: In our previous series we have discussed about potassium’s role and its dietary requirements. While deficiency of potassium causes various disorders, excess of potassium is also dangerous. The excess of potassium compared to optimum level, in our body is termed as “hyperkalemia”. What is hyperkalemia? When the level of potassium in body exceeds 5 mmol/ L in blood serum then the condition is known as hyperkalemia. Potassium level higher than 5.5 mmol/L is critically high, and a potassium level over 6 mmol/L can be…

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IMAUPCON-2018: 83rd Conference Of IMA UP Organized At City Of Tahjeeb, Lucknow

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By: Dr. Pranjal Agarwal, Associate Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: 83rd Conference of Uttar Pradesh state branch of Indian Medical Association was held on Saturday, 24th November 2018 at Hotel Fortune Park BBD, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow. The first day of this conference included a whole day sciences programme for the doctors of the state.The chief guest on this occasion was Brijesh Pathak,Law Minister Government of UP. Topics of management of Head injury was taken by Dr. Ashok Nirala. He said that road traffic accidents is the most common cause of head injury,…

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Gaucher’s Disease-“A Fat Storage Disorder”

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Our body cells have morphologically diverse sac like structures, Lysosomes. Their primary goals is to breakdown or degrade the proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, food particles and engulfed bacteria and viruses in the presence of some specific hydrolytic enzymes. Mutation in the genes encoding for these lysosomal hydrolytic enzymes or defects in any non- lysosomal activities involved in lysosomal biogenesis or protein maturation causes lysosomal storage diseases. Gaucher disease is one of the lysosomal storage disorders and is an autosomal inherited recessive…

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Smoking And Its Hazardous Effects

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Asstt. Editor-ICN LUCKNOW: Smoking is an extremely addictive habit that usually forms in the early teen years. People start smoking for a variety of different reasons. Some think it looks cool. Others start because their family members or friends smoke. So, more or less , smoking becomes a fashion now a days. “Smoking doesn’t make you cool, sorry…..” Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco smoke that causes smokers to continue to smoke. Addicted smokers need enough nicotine over a day to ‘feel normal’ – to satisfy cravings…

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Ankylosing Spondylitis- “A Stiff Spine Disease”

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN LUCKNOW: Back pain is one of the most known and commonly experienced health concerns in day to day life. Long hours of sitting in the office, leaning down to pick up the things, lifting heavy objects and so many other hip twisting activities tend to make you experience back pain every now and then. This back pain sometimes can be mild while at other times more excruciating. Every individual is bound to seek medical attention for back pain at some point in their…

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Calcium-A Multitasker

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN LUCKNOW: Calcium, a major component of human skeleton provides shape, stature and structure. It is the fifth most abundant element in human body with 99% of it stored in bones and teeth. The structural formation of human bones requires various minerals like phosphorus, magnesium, silicon, strontium etc. along with Calcium which maintains the bone health. Our skeleton houses and protects internal organs like brain, spinal cord, heart, intestines etc. and undergoes rapid bone formation using calcium during childhood and adolescence. Vitamin D, plays…

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Probiotics-An Update

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN Probiotics are used in the rotavirus diarrhoea, urogenital infections, food allergy, H.pylori infections, bowel syndromes. LUCKNOW: Probiotics are dietary supplements which have been used for the prevention and treatment of wide range of diseases. These probiotics consists of beneficial micro-organisms which stimulate health promoting flora, thus suppressing the pathologic colonization and disease spread. Lilley and Stillwell in 1965 described these beneficial microorganisms in fermented milk using the term “Probiotic”. The bacterial population of human GIT constitutes an enormously complex ecosystem. Most of these…

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Osteoporosis-“A Silent Killer ”

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By: Dr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Medical Correspondent-ICN LUCKNOW: Our skeleton is a natural storehouse of two minerals- Calcium and phosphorus. Throughout a humans life, bone changes their shape, size and position constantly while undergoing the process of bone remodelling. A human skeleton normally attains its peak strength when an individual is suffering from any medical problems, or is on medication or had a history of accidental fractures or any nutritional deficiencies. Many of us seen our grandparents struggling to walk, with a never ending complaint of pain in their joints. Even…

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WORLD HEART DAY 2018: “With A Healthy Heart The Beat Goes On”

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By: Dr. Shazia Israr, Associate Editor-ICN The 2018 theme ‘My Heart, Your Heart’ is set at asking people all over the globe to make a promise – ‘a promise as an individual to make healthier choices and lifestyle decisions, a promise to cook and eat more healthy, a promise to do more exercises and encourage your children to be more active, a promise to say no to smoking and help your loved ones quit, a promise as an healthcare professional to save more lives, and most of all, a simple…

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